{"id":1290,"date":"2022-03-28T07:28:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T14:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2022-03-28T07:28:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T14:28:20","slug":"moving-words-about-a-flower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/moving-words-about-a-flower\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Words About a Flower"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perfect to read for National Weed Appreciation Day (March 28) and then have on hand for National Poetry Month (April), comes the gorgeous new picture book Moving Words About a Flower<\/em> by K. C. Hayes and illustrated by Barbara Chotiner.<\/p>\n

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At its simplest, this book is about the life cycle of dandelions. Open the first pages, however, and you will be surprised and delighted. It is filled with bright, bold shape –or also called concrete– poems. The words form images in many fun and creative ways. For example, in this spread can you find lightning and rain?<\/p>\n

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After the rain, a dandelion grows in a crack in the sidewalk in the city.<\/p>\n

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When the dandelion plant is mature, its seeds fly out to the countryside, where we learn more about how dandelions grow and what happens to them.<\/p>\n

The back matter has a lovely diagram of the life cycle of a dandelion, when it blooms, how the seeds fly, and their value as food.<\/p>\n

Young readers will want to explore Moving Words About a Flower<\/em> again and again. Use it to inspire lessons on life cycles, poems, and art.<\/p>\n

Look for activity suggestions at Growing With Science blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 
\nCopyright \u00a9 2022 Roberta Gibson<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Perfect to read for National Weed Appreciation Day (March 28) and then have on hand for National Poetry Month (April), comes the gorgeous new picture book Moving Words About a Flower by K. C. Hayes and illustrated by Barbara Chotiner. At its simplest, this book is about the life cycle of dandelions. Open the first … <\/p>\n

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